ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Home (LP) Voces8, with Christopher Glynn (piano) & Emma Denton (cello) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 14/Apr/2023 ] Two branches of choral royalty entwine with majestic harmony on the latest release from Grammy-winning composer Eric Whitacre and acclaimed vocal ensemble VOCES8. The album includes a world premiere, All Seems Beautiful To Me, and a new recording of... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Op. 67 (LP) Wiener Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] The nine Beethoven Symphonies are considered to be one of the greatest musical testaments of all time and are a key staple in every conductor's repertoire. Simon Rattle performed the complete cycle with the Wiener Philharmoniker in live concerts,... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (with works by Scriabin) (LP) Yevgeny Kissin (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] In 1988 pianist Evgeny Kissin, then 17 years old, started his world career with an electrifying interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 at the Berliner Philharmoniker's New Year's Eve Concert. |
Yo Yo Ma
Soul Of The Tango (Translucent Red LP) [ Music On Vinyl / LP - released 4/Sep/2015 ] Inspired by a great passion for Astor Piazzolla's tango, The Soul Of The Tango is a critically acclaimed and essential work of the "Nuevo Tango", played by Yo-Yo Ma's world famous cello and many of Piazzolla's former friends and... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Yuri Bashmet Volume 1 Yuri Bashmet (viola) & Mikhail Muntian (piano) [ Melodiya / LP - released 18/Aug/2014 ] Firma Melodiya presents chamber music by Johannes Brahms performed by Yuri Bashmet and Mikhail Muntian. Two Viola Sonatas, Op. 120, by Johannes Brahms composed in 1894, signify an actual completion of the composer's creative life and the epoch of... |
Steve Hackett
Tribute (LP) [ Insideoutmusic / LP - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Steve Hackett's classical catalogue continues to get the reissue treatment. Tribute, originally released in 2008, saw Steve paying homage to some of his favourite composers including Bach, Byrd, Barrios and more, using only his nylon- stringed... |
The String Theory
The Los Angeles Suite (LP) [ ADA / Warner / LP - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Grammy-nominated neoclassical pop orchestra from Berlin/Gothenburg releases new album on newly founded label Project C/Clouds Hill. Maverick orchestra The String Theory may be known primarily for their long-term collaboration with the gentle... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' (LP) Aase Nordmo Løvberg (sop), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klempe [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 2 LP - released 9/Jun/2023 ] The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Intimate Chopin (LP) Andrei Gavrilov, Alexandre Tharaud, Samson Francois, Nicholas Angelich, Nikolai Lugansky, Ingrid Fliter [ Warner Classics / LP - released 30/Sep/2022 ] Not very forthcoming as a person, Chopin invents a new type of touch, able to render the immaterial, to encompass absolute limpidity, and the full gamut of modern pianism...the versions collected here are all performed by Warner's greatest artists. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' (LP) Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) / Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's Beethoven 5th Piano Concerto, recorded with Wiener Philharmoniker and Carlo Maria Giulini in 1982. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) (LP) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics LP / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] "Some of the tunes are so famous that you even forget that someone had to write them: what could be more perfect than the pas de deux after the Waltz of the Flowers, which is just a G major scale? We fell in love with this music, rehearsing and... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 [LP] Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir John Barbiroll [ Warner Classics LP / 2 LP - released 4/Apr/2019 ] A magnificent and best-selling version of Mahler's ultimate masterpiece by one of the greatest Mahlerians of the 20th Century. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets (LP) Busch Quartet [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 3 LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "Anyone can take a few bars at random and find playing which is a model of style and full of insight … When you listen to the Busch, they always seem for the moment to have found the true and only path." The Gramophone |
HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR & OTHERS
TÁR (LP) Cate Blanchett (piano), Hildur Guðnadóttir (cello, vocals), Sophie Kauer (cello) / Dresdner Philharmonia, London Contemporary Orchestra [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] "More a concept album than a traditional musical facsimile of the film, the result is both creative and curious. Hildur Guðnadóttir's music lives within and without the film, and it rubs shoulders with snippets of Elgar and Mahler." BBC Music |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 (LP) Claudio Arrau (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 26/Aug/2020 ] The LP benefits from a new remastering in 192htz/24 bit done in 2022 from original tapes by Art & Son Studio, Annecy. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Le Sacre du Printemps (LP) Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Deutsche Grammophon Vinyl / 2 LP - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Originally recorded in 1992 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (LP) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Leonard Bernstein's Mahler 1 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Mastered from original sources and pressed on 180g heavy-weight vinyl. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 19, 20, 21, 23 & 24 (LP) Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), English Chamber Orchestra [ Warner Classics LP / 4 LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Barenboim conducts from the piano, leading the English Chamber Orchestra in performances of breathtaking passion and verve. Mozart's most famous Piano Concertos in the bestselling version from EMI then Warner catalogue since its release in the late... |
SERGEI RACHMANIMOV
Destination Rachmaninov: Departure - Piano Concertos 2 & 4 (LP) Daniil Trifonov (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deusche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Grammy winner Daniil Trifonov presents a cycle of Sergei Rachmaninov's highly virtuosic Piano Concertos. Recorded with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the orchestra most closely associated with the composer with which... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (LP) Emil Gilels (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 5 LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "Emil Gilels stands out as a giant among giants," wrote Gramophone when the Odessa-born pianist died in 1985. "In terms of virtuosity he was second to none, yet his leonine power was tempered by a delicacy and poetry that few have matched." |